2023 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

2023 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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18 out of 54 seats to South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Tracey Dixon[1] David Francis[2]
Party Labour Green
Last election 40 seats, 48.6% 6 seats, 19.2%
Seats before 40 6
Seats after 38 9
Seat change Decrease3 Increase3
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Glenn Thompson[3] n/a
Party Independent Conservative
Last election 6 seats, 16.2% 1 seat, 15.5%
Seats before 6 1[a]
Seats after 6 1
Winner of each seat at the 2023 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Tracey Dixon
Labour

Leader after election

Tracey Dixon
Labour

The 2023 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect members of the South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England.[4] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Labour retained its majority on the council.[5][6]

Summary

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Election result

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2023 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 11 Decrease3 61.11 27 38 70.37 15,646 43.96
  Green 4 Increase3 22.22 5 9 16.67 7,722 21.70
  Independent 3 Steady 16.67 3 6 11.1 8,065 22.66
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.00 1 1 1.85 3,676 10.33
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.00 0 0 0.00 181 0.51
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.00 0 0 0.00 176 0.50

Candidates

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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[7]

Beacon & Bents

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Beacon & Bents[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green David Roger Francis 1,494 60.19 +5.6
Labour Masuda Piya Rahman 717 28.89 −5.5
Independent David Wood 140 5.64 +1.3
Conservative Ali Hayder 119 4.80 −1.9
Majority 777 31.3
Turnout 2,482 36.2
Registered electors 6,851
Green hold

Bede

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Bede[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Keith Roberts 775 47.87 N/A
Labour Sean McDonagh 635 39.22 −12.9
Green John Chilton 107 6.61 −1.2
Conservative William Smith 98 6.05 −8.2
Majority 140 8.65
Turnout 1,619 27.8
Registered electors 5,827
Independent hold

Biddick & All Saints

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Biddick & All Saints[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Rachael Milne 762 52.70 +26.3
Labour Moynul Hussain 501 34.65 −12.2
Independent Natalie Bell 95 6.57 N/A
Conservative John Wood 81 5.60 −10.1
Majority 261 18.05
Turnout 1,446 23.2
Registered electors 6,240
Green gain from Labour

Boldon Colliery

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Boldon Colliery[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fay Cunningham 1,110 47.70 −7.5
Independent Simon Oliver 826 35.50 +18.1
Conservative Donald Wood 243 10.44 −4.1
Green Darius Seago 142 6.10 −0.1
Majority 284 12.20
Turnout 2,327 32.7
Registered electors 7,118
Labour hold

Cleadon & East Boldon

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Cleadon & East Boldon[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Shirley Florence Ford 1,367 40.08 +3.9
Labour Georgia Jamieson 1,051 30.81 −0.5
Conservative Stan Wildhirt 918 26.91 −5.6
Independent Jeff Milburn 70 2.05 N/A
Majority 316 9.27
Turnout 3,411 49.6
Registered electors 6,882
Green gain from Labour

Cleadon Park

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Cleadon Park[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Malcolm Traynor 598 36.87 −2.5
Independent Steven Harrison 592 36.50 +12.8
Conservative Chris Sanderson 225 13.87 −8.5
Green John Riley 202 12.64 −1.9
Majority 6 0.37
Turnout 1,622 28.5
Registered electors 5,683
Labour hold

Fellgate & Hedworth

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Fellgate & Hedworth[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jay Potts 1,006 54.14 −13.6
Independent Ian Diamond 725 39.02 +22.1
Green Nic Cook 123 6.62 +2.5
Majority 281 15.12
Turnout 1,858 32.9
Registered electors 5,641
Labour hold

Harton

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Harton[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Maxwell 853 41.11 +3.3
Independent Lawrence Nolan 722 34.80 −2.1
Green Rhiannon Sian Curtis 318 15.33 −6.1
Reform UK Jim Mouat 176 8.48 N/A
Majority 131 6.31
Turnout 2,075 31.6
Registered electors 6,564
Labour hold

Hebburn North

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Hebburn North[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adam Ellison 1,310 71.94 −0.1
Conservative Tia Jade McMurray Sinclair 193 10.60 −3.2
Green Colin Robert Tosh 189 10.38 −3.8
Liberal Democrats Shay Whitehead 123 6.76 N/A
Majority 1,117 61.34
Turnout 1,821 26.4
Registered electors 6,904
Labour hold

Hebburn South

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Hebburn South[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shane Andrew Smith 1,087 50.68 −9.5
Independent Brian Goodman 673 31.38 +11.7
Conservative Carl Duncan 220 10.26 −4.2
Green Briony Elizabeth Sommers 155 7.23 +1.6
Majority 414 19.3
Turnout 2,145 29.2
Registered electors 7,345
Labour hold

Horsley Hill

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Horsley Hill[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruth Rachael Berkley 893 41.93 −5.9
Independent Phil Brown 555 26.06 +9.2
Green Carrie Richardson 354 16.62 +3.4
Conservative Chloe Grant 324 15.21 −2.8
Majority 338 15.87
Turnout 2,130 32.1
Registered electors 6,640
Labour hold

Monkton

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Monkton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Mary Meling 1,087 61.24 +2.0
Green Chris Davies 357 20.11 +10.4
Conservative Michael Robert Ferry 315 17.75 +1.3
Majority 730 41.13
Turnout 1,775 27.3
Registered electors 6,505
Labour hold

Primrose

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Primrose[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul James Milburn 869 51.48 N/A
Labour Kevin Brydon 651 38.57 −1.7
Conservative Luke Robson 89 5.27 −3.0
Green Emmanuel Michael 75 4.44 +0.1
Majority 218 12.91
Turnout 1,688 28.0
Registered electors 6,030
Independent hold

Simonside & Rekendyke

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Simonside & Rekendyke[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Helen Taylor 856 50.71 +4.7
Independent Kenneth George Wood 357 21.15 N/A
Green Bethany Dionne Telford 342 20.26 −12.6
Conservative Aaron Michael Cain 128 7.58 −4.3
Majority 499 29.56
Turnout 1,688 26.7
Registered electors 6,320
Labour hold

West Park

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West Park[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jim Yare 996 55.49 −1.5
Labour Anne Mellanby Hetherington 552 30.75 −0.1
Independent Justin Knight 128 7.13 N/A
Conservative Shaun Connolly 97 5.40 −6.7
Independent Julie Angela Angell 20 1.11 N/A
Majority 444 24.74
Turnout 1,795 33.8
Registered electors 5,304
Green gain from Labour

Westoe

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Westoe[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Glenn Michael Thompson 1,042 48.47 N/A
Labour Michelle Teresa Turnbull 755 35.12 −5.2
Green Georgina Holt 215 10.00 −4.1
Independent Nigel Mark Reedman 74 3.44 −0.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Ireland 58 2.70 N/A
Majority 287 13.35
Turnout 2,150 35.6
Registered electors 6,034
Independent hold

Whitburn & Marsden

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Whitburn & Marsden[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joyce Welsh 1,068 54.46 −3.0
Conservative Heidi Wildhirt 515 26.26 +0.4
Green Edward Littley 359 18.31 +1.7
Majority 553 28.20
Turnout 1,961 33.4
Registered electors 5,874
Labour hold

Whiteleas

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Whiteleas[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ernest Matthew Gibson 916 57.36 +5.4
Independent Robin Anthony Coombes 402 25.17 N/A
Green Sophie Jane Williams 165 10.33 −0.8
Conservative Dawn Wildhirt 111 6.95 −6.7
Majority 514 32.19
Turnout 1,597 25.9
Registered electors 6,172
Labour hold

References

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  1. ^ The one Conservative prior to the election was Ian Forster.
  1. ^ "Council leader and deputy leader". South Tyneside Council. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ Binding, Chris (6 May 2022). "Green Party can 'win anywhere' following South Tyneside surge on night of local elections disappointment for Labour". Shields Gazette. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  3. ^ Binding, Chris (11 May 2021). "New independent group promises 'more dignified manner' in holding South Tyneside's leaders to account". Shields Gazette. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  5. ^ Hordon, Daniel (5 May 2023). "South Tyneside Election 2023: Greens make wins as Labour keep power". Northern Echo. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Local elections 2023: Labour hold Sunderland, Newcastle, South Tyneside and Gateshead". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Beacons & Bents Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Bede Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Biddick & All Saints Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Boldon Colliery Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Cleadon & East Boldon Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Cleadon Park Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Fellgate & Hedworth Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Harton Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Hebburn North Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  17. ^ "Hebburn South Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  18. ^ "Horsley Hill Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  19. ^ "Monkton Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Primrose Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  21. ^ "Simonside & Rekendyke Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  22. ^ "West Park Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  23. ^ "Westoe Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  24. ^ "Whitburn & Marsden Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  25. ^ "Whiteleas Ward - 04 May 2023 Local Government Election". Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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